Quote by Joseph Story
And it is no less true, that personal security and private propert

And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice. – Joseph Story

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A good government implies two things first, fidelity to the objects of the government secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained. – Joseph Story

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Knowledge
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Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them. – Joseph Story

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Intelligence
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Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is. – Vince Lombardi

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Wisdom

This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdoms school. – Thomas Dekker

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Wisdom

Repeat anything often enough and it will start to become you. – Tom Hopkins

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Wisdom

Mixing ones wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably. – Bertolt Brecht

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Wisdom

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Let us banish fear. – Carter G. Woodson

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An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. – George Eliot, Felix Holt, Chapter5

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Election Day

Time has a way of demonstrating that the most stubborn are the most intelligent. – Yevgeny Yevtushenko

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Time

The rights of one sex, political and otherwise, are the same as those of the other sex, and this equality of rights ought to be fully recognized. – Leland Stanford

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Equality